Skopje, 2 December 2021 (MIA) – Jovan Despotovski, director of the Directorate for Industrial Development Zones, will announce whether or not he will run for president of SDSM on Friday, and he will use Thursday to talk to his family and friends about it.

“I’m seriously considering it. I’ve been a member of the party for 25 years, having gone from the bottom to the top, to the highest managerial structures of the party. I believe my professional engagement has brought real results, so I think that I can offer a new concept to unite the party and the society. It’s not an easy decision. It’s a huge challenge, these times are complicated and the responsibility is huge. I will announce my decision tomorrow, because I want to use today to consult my family and friends because they will also be dragged into it,” Despotovski said, answering a question at Thursday’s meeting with reporters at TIDZ.

Despotovski doesn’t want to comment on specific individuals, when asked for comments regarding Frosina Remenski’s and Dimitar Kovachevski’s run, but he believes a discussion is needed about the kind of person that the party needs, and how to help people.

“It’s good that multiple people are running, it shows the party’s democratic capacity and that there are people ready to take responsibility in these complicated times. I’m happy that there are multiple people in the run, but I don’t think we should talk about the people specifically, we should talk about what the leader should be like, and how we can fulfill the needs of the people and the party,” Despotovski stressed. dk/ba/